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Excerpt from The Voyage of Captain John Saris to Japan, 1613, Vol. 5
The portions included within square brackets in the text have been taken from Purchas''s published version of the journal.
Amongst the strange and outlandish words in the text, some being names Of places, others those of persons, others again those of textile fabrics, not a few have eluded the endeavours of the Editor and his friends to identify and elucidate them. Possibly these riddles might be solved if life were long enough to devote a dozen years or more to exploring the hidden corners of knowledge. That not being a justifiable expectation, he can only Offer an apology for the imperfections of his work, which have taught him, at least, to regard with sympathy the Shortcomings of fellow workers in the same field.
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The portions included within square brackets in the text have been taken from Purchas''s published version of the journal.
Amongst the strange and outlandish words in the text, some being names Of places, others those of persons, others again those of textile fabrics, not a few have eluded the endeavours of the Editor and his friends to identify and elucidate them. Possibly these riddles might be solved if life were long enough to devote a dozen years or more to exploring the hidden corners of knowledge. That not being a justifiable expectation, he can only Offer an apology for the imperfections of his work, which have taught him, at least, to regard with sympathy the Shortcomings of fellow workers in the same field.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Publisher - Forgotten Books
Author(s) - John Saris
Hardback
Published Date -
ISBN - 9780365217527
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.3 cm
Page Count - 366
Paperback
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ISBN - 9781332037834
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 2 cm
Page Count - 368
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